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Winner: Biden; Loser: Edwards

04/26/07 10:45 PMUpdated 04/07/14 02:38 PM

(By msnbc’s Joe Scarborough)

When Brian Williams warned the candidates that he was going to be bringing up elephant-in-the-room issues, the top tier candidates had to flinch. His first question tied Barack Obama to a corrupt contributor. Obama stumbled a bit but recovered quickly. John Edwards was scuffed up on his $400 haricut that was in direct conflict with his two-America’s jargon. But Joe Biden hit his curveball out of the park. Williams asked whether he could assure Americans that he could stop being a human gaffe machine and guard his mouth.

Biden’s answer? “Yes.”

Applause followed and even Brian laughed, proving once again that brevity is the soul of wit.